Tough Bucks

The older I get, the smarter I should get.  I’m working on it (getting smarter), but sometimes when you are in the heat of the moment, the little things that matter can be quickly forgotten. As was the case with the buck that I stopped (with a mouth grunt) that was chasing a doe and…

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A New Season

It’s time for a change, or should I say changes.  The fall is quickly turning into winter here in Minnesota and people are already hitting the ice and pulling up fish.  It’s that transitional time here in Minnesota.  The “north zone” duck season just closed yesterday at sunset and like so many years, it would…

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Hunting With The Boys

I am fresh off a trip to our neighboring state of Wisconsin where I was fishing bass with Jimmy Bell on Lake Superior.  That just doesn’t sound right does it?  But it is right, we were on Chequamegon Bay near Ashland, WI and absolutely hammered the monster smallmouth bass!  And as exciting as it was,…

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Kitty Hunting

Life…isn’t it interesting?  I’m not quite sure how to put words to what’s going on in this crazy world, but it’s getting harder and harder to stay “up” on things.  I guess it’s almost best to not pay so much attention to the negative “crap” going on, and try to focus on the good “stuff”.…

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Hunting For Pronghorn

I’m back from a successful Wyoming pronghorn hunt. I sent my last column to the Brainerd Dispatch from my blind (via my IPhone) an hour or so before I harvested a nice pronghorn with my bow and arrow. I shot the buck at about 10:30 a.m. last Friday morning as he was coming to a…

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The Fishing Opener

Welcome to the lakes area all of you visitors!  I am hoping your stay is going “your way”, and that you are enjoying our community and all the things to do here.  The lines are getting wet as you read and I am hoping the walleyes (and or pan fish) are cooperating. The opening weekend…

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